“Partner?” Detective Rogers questioned. “Yes, Rogers?” Lieutenant Wesley said. “I’m sure you’ll do well to make her feel welcome.”“I didn’t ask for a partner, Lieutenant,” he pointed out. “I can take care of myself perfectly.”Lieutenant Wesley turned to Jain who seemed lost in the middle of everything. “Can you give us a minute, Reynolds?” He asked. Jain nodded and walked out of the door. Lieutenant Wesley rose from his desk and slammed both hands on his desk. “What the hell do you think you’re doing, Rogers?” He barked through his gritted teeth. “Lieutenant. I don’t need a partner,” Stanley pointed out. “I’ve been riding solo for two years now.”“Well, that’s over now. It’s either you get used to having someone watching your back or you get lost.”Stanley Rogers sighed. He needed a cigarette badly, but he couldn’t smoke in here. That would get on Lieutenant Wesley’s nerves. “Fine.”“What? I didn’t get that.”Stanley knew that Lieutenant Wesley had heard him perfectly. He was
Dayton Veeschoris was happy when he arrived at the lobby of his apartment floor in one piece. Every day seemed to be his last lately. Ever since that night he almost got killed, he had always watched his back and made sure he didn’t do anything stupid. He was hiding from them, and he knew they would come after him soon. Nobody could escape them. They had hired a hitman and Dayton had thought that night would be his last. It was supposed to be his last. He felt queasy about the fact that he had cheated death. A cat meowed from the window and it startled him. Dayton turned around and the cat jumped out of the window. He shook his head and moved towards his door. It was just a few doors away. As he made his way towards it, the door beside him swung open, and an elderly woman stepped out of it. He knew her too well. She was his neighbor, Deborah Mannon. A cat came out of the door and sat at her foot. It had gray fur with black stripes decorating it. “Good evening, Mrs. Mannon,” Dayton g
Eve McCullough stepped out of the Cadillac and the door was shut behind her by the driver. She stared at the mansion before her and smiled. She was finally back to him after all those years of traveling around. After going through a lot from her divorce from Rylan, she decided to travel around the world and gain knowledge but also help people. It has helped a lot from moving on. “Home sweet home,” she said with sarcasm. The trunk of the Cadillac was swung open by the driver and her luggage was brought out. Eve turned to him and nodded in appreciation. “Thank you, Bennett. You can drop it on the porch.”“Yes, Miss McCullough,” Bennett said, carrying her suitcases to the porch. He dropped them and took off immediately. Eve watched the car leave the estate before climbing the porch stairs. As she swung the door open, she found Karen rushing towards her. “Eve!” She shrieked. Eve’s lips spread out into a warm smile as her baby sister hugged her roughly. Eve was almost knocked out fr
Detective Reynolds stepped out of her black Acura. She was late for her first case. She walked towards the ruckus that unfolded before her. There was an ambulance with a couple of police cars outside the house. A yellow police tape surrounded the house and it stopped a little crowd that had gathered from infiltrating the scene. Jain walked up to the policewoman who seemed to be in charge and flashed her badge at her. “Detective Reynolds, LAPD,” she announced. The policewoman who was blonde in her uniform gazed at her as she held her belt. “Detective Reynolds?” She questioned. “I’ve never heard of you.”Jain clenched her jaws. She couldn’t believe that this was happening. “Well, you see. I’m new here,” Jain explained. “I just got transferred from San Diego.”The policeman raised an eyebrow at her indicating she wasn’t buying the story she was selling. At that moment, Stanley stepped out of the house and spotted Jain conversing with a policewoman. He had his phone in his hand which
Two weeks. It took just two weeks for Dayton and Rylan to get explicit information about the shareholders of the company. Rylan’s intuition had paid off. He knew that the shareholders were hiding something. There was no way anyone could have a stable income as such as them when they were invested in one or two companies. There had to be something that brought them more money. And he had found them out. It was like taking candy from a baby. Dayton had been a big help in finding things out. Countless nights he had worked with Williams while Rylan had been away on business ventures. He had joined them as best as he could, and it had finally paid off. They had all the documents they needed to frame them. It had taken time, but they had been able to discover all the secrets of the shareholders. Dayton came into the kitchen and placed a few documents on the counter. Rylan, who was making a smoothie, turned around to gaze at the documents. Rylan dropped the cup of smoothie and walked tow
As Frederick McCullough sat before the rest of the shareholders, his mind was racing with thoughts. Maybe it was because of the emergency meeting that everyone seemed to have denied calling up or the fact that the air in the room was tense. Whatever was going on, Frederick knew it wasn’t good. Something awful was about to happen. He could feel it in his guts. The door of the conference room swung open and Rylan Daystar stepped into the room. He was dressed in a black suit and his dark brown hair fell across his forehead. He looked gorgeous as he walked towards the conference table. Everybody watched him with despair, including no one Frederick McCullough who gritted his teeth too. Of course, it had to be Rylan. He knew that it would be him. Ever since he returned, things had been spiraling out of control. Frederick was aware of his plan, revenge—and it seemed it had already begun. The whole table was silent as Rylan took his seat. Frederick watched him tentatively. Rylan had a brigh
“Now faster!” Rylan instructed. Dayton swung his fist at him but Rylan dodged it with a slight crank of his head. He shook his head afterward unimpressed. Dayton swung another fist at Rylan but he caught it in his grasp with ease. Rylan had been teaching Dayton basic combat kills for weeks now, and it seemed he still wasn’t getting it. Rylan knew he couldn’t go hard on him. It had also taken him a while before he could completely learn all the martial arts skills. It had taken him two years to master them. “Come on, Dayton,” Rylan said, displaying his dissatisfaction. “Are you even trying?”Dayton gritted his teeth at those words and swung his both fists at Rylan. Rylan dodged the first one not before it grazed his nose bridge. However, he caught the second one right before it smashed against his lower abdomen. Rylan nodded at him, impressed. “Now that’s what I’m talking about,” he complimented. Dayton shook his head and ejected his hands from Rylan’s grip. He moved towards the en
“Did you find anything?” Detective Stanley asked with a cigarette in between his fingers. Jain who was going through a big file shook her head. They had been at this for days and they didn’t seem to be making any progress. Jain didn’t want to be the one to break the news to Stanley but it was obvious that sitting here all day wasn’t going to solve anything. They had to go out and look for answers. But that wasn’t going to happen yet. Why? It was because they didn’t have anywhere to start from. “What did you find?” She asked Stanley. “Other than the victim having a brother? Nothing.”Jain sighed in frustration. “And what is the victim’s brother’s name again?” She asked. Stanley closed the file he was reading and took another puff of his cigarette. Jain watched him push out the smoke from his nose. “Dayton Veeschoris,” he replied, rubbing his hand across the file’s surface. “And where is his brother? We can get useful information about our victim from him.” Stanley stood up from